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In a recession, people want to be told for two hours that everything is going to be OK. They want to escape from their humdrum or painful reality into a feel-good drama, or a love story that transcends their daily life.

With every year that passes, the more we have to be careful not to forget the causes and consequences of the Great Recession.

We simply can't spend our way out of a recession.

The other thing is quality of life; if you have a place where you can go and have a picnic with your family, it doesn't matter if it's a recession or not, you can include that in your quality of life.

Making new products is an easy tap for a company in a recession.

You cannot spend your way out of recession or borrow your way out of debt.

A recession is predominantly for the middle class. Where I come from, the majority of people have always lived in a recession.

In my view, if you have one in 10 unemployed - something is wrong with the economy whether you call it recession or not.

People stop buying things, and that is how you turn a slowdown into a recession.

Recession is when a neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours.